Baggage-check holder



April 12 1927.

R. M. BUNCE BAGGAGE CHECK HOLDER Filed Oct. 15, 1926 ATTORNE Patented Apr. 12, 192 7.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ROBERT M. BUNCE, OF'POR'ILAND, OREGON. ASSIGNOR TO HANCOCK 3310313., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORFORATION 01E CALIFORNIA.

BAGGAGE-CHECK HOLDER.

Application filed October 13, 1926. Serial No. 141,285.

This invention relates to improvements in baggage check holders,and more particuiarly to mechanical means for detachably attaching identifying checks to hand bags, trunks and parcels, on passenger vehicles.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a baggage check holder that is easily attachable and detachable from the baggage; that will securely retain the identifying baggage check or ticket when the holderis attached to the baggage and from which the ticket may be easily removed ,or inserted when the holder is detached from thebaggage; that will fully disclose the maximum of. the identifying face of the check, except the very narrow margin secured within the holder, and that is of such construction that the holder will not scratch or mar the surface of the baggage to which it is attached or other baggage that may be in contact therewith. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progrosses.

In this specification and the annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form considered to be the best. but it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited to such form, because it may be embodied in other forms, and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims following the description it is desired to cover the invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied.

The present embodiment of the invention was designed particularly for use on motor busses or stages in inter-urban traflic where the baggage is often exposed to wind and rain and tying on the usual identifying tag has proved futile, since the baggage often arrives without proper identification, the tag having melted in the rain or become illegible or been blown completely off by the wind. \Vhere there is frequent reception and delivery of the baggage of passengers it is desirable to make the exchange in the minimum of time with the maximum of se curity in properly identifying the baggage with the passenger. to avoid wrong delivery and consequent liability.

In the one sheet of drawings. forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of a baggage check holder constructed in accordance with this invention. with the attaching spring loop indicated by dotted lines. in the open position, with the identifying check removably secured within the holder. Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged cross-section tl'irough the loop at the point II II, illustrating how the check is securely held within the holder by the bent end otthe attaching loop overlying the edge of the ticket within the holder.

In detail the construction illustrated in the drawings comprises: the loop of spring wire 1, having one. of its ends bent at, a right angle at 2 and secured beneath the curled flanges Sand. at integrally formed on the plate 5. 1 The flanges 3 and 4 perma nently secure the bent end of the loop to the plate The inner edges 6 and 7 of the flanges 3 and 4- are curled toward the plane of the plate 5, but are spaced therefrom a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the check 8. The opposite flange 9 of the plate 5 is similarly folded back upon itself to co-operate with the flanges 3 and a to securely hold the check 8 on three sides. The corners 10 and 11 of the flanges 3 and 9 are cut away on flowing curves so that the entering end of the ticket may be laid easily against the plane of the plate 5 in introducing the ticket beneath the edges 6, 7 and 12. The plate is long enough to expose more than the length of the ticket so that. there may be a margin at the edge 13 against which the entering edge of the ticket may be laid to facilitate its insertion into the holder.

The opposite end of the loop 1 is bent at right angles at the point 14i then curved downward below the plane of the loop as at 15,, thence upward above the holder at 16, then it is bent back upon itself to form the hook 17, adapted to hook over the looped wire at 18, for the purpose of securing the loop 1 to the handle of a handbag or trunk or under the string about a package. Since the plane of the loop 1 and the plane of the holder plate 5 are parallel it is obvious that the curves 1516 and the hook 17 extend across the plane of the ticket 8 within the holder, preventing its withdrawal when the hook 17 is in engagement with the loop at 18. lVhen the hook 17 is unhooked as in dotted lines, Figure 1, the ticket may be easily withdrawn and substituted.

The ticket 8 is a coupon, originally attached to an identifying baggage check, by a. perforated line so that it may be very easily detached, the reclaim cheek going to the passenger and the stub check 8 going into the holder. Both the check and the stub 8 hearing similar identifying numerals and p unehing to indicate the type of baggage such as T for trunk, B for bag, P tor parcel, etc.

Having thus described this invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A baggage cheek holder comprising a Jlate adapted to hold a check; a spring loop having one of its ends fixed to said plate and its other end adapted to detachably engage said loop adjacent said plate and retain said check in said plate.

2. A baggage check holder comprising a. plate adapted to hold a check; a spring loop having one of its ends attached to said plate and its opposite end adapted to lie across the edge of said holder and detachably engage said loop.

3. A baggage cheek holder comprising a plate adapted to hold a check; a spring loop having one of its ends attached to said plate so that the plane of the plate and the loop remain in alineincnt and its opposite end adapted to lie across the edge of said. holder and detachablv engage said loop.

-l-. A. baggage cheek holder comprising a plate having three of its edges flanged back over the plane oil. said plate; a spring loop having one at its ends secured under two oil said flanges and its opposite end bent and shaped to lie across the edge of said holder and engage said loop.

baggage check holder comprising a. plate having three of its edges flanged back over the plane of said plate; a spring loop having one of its ends bent at. an angle in the plane of the loop and secured under two of said flanges on said plate and its opposite end bent parallel to the edge of said plate and across the plane thereof and adapted to detachably engage said loop, adjacent to said holder.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

ROBERT M. BUNGE. 

